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-> CA>>>>>> Although I can agree that past implementations have
-> CA>>>>>> been iffy at best I continue to believe that all PC
-> CA>>>>>> BIOS should be loaded as file(s) from rewriteable
-> CA>>>>>> storage media. 

-> WC>>> I still like flashable NVRAM. 

-> ->> Flash one with the wrong software and then you won't like
-> ->> NVRAM as much. ;-) 

-> WC> I've flashed one so far without difficulty, older machine
-> WC> too. 

-> Like I said, flash one with the wrong software and you'll not
-> like NVRAM so very much anymore. 

-> WC> I researched and looked into documentation a LOT before
-> WC> proceeding. 

-> WC> I understand the risks and some of the motherboard
-> WC> manufacturers are now offering dual NVRAM so you can boot
-> WC> your system and clean up the badly flashed NVRAM. 

-> Putting only a bootstrap loader into ROM and the BIOS as a file
-> or files on rewriteable media would eliminate the risks
-> involved in updating the BIOS. 

ROM would work but if socketed subject to poor connections failures and
corrosion of contects.

We're just going to have to agree to disagree on NVRAM.